Our Experts
The Timbuktu Center Think Tank brings together over 300 prominent experts and academics from around west Africa’s Sahel region to deliver high-quality research, policy recommendations, and analysis on a wide range of public policy and development issues.
El Hadj Djitteye
President & Executive Director
Cynthia P. Schneider
Mentor
Peter Chilson
Mentor
Brehima Mamadou Kone
Senior Expert Governance and Electoral Process
Abdoul SOGODOGO, PhD
Senior Expert, Legal and Political Sciences
Alhadje Aly Garba KOUNTA
Senior Expert, Cultural Diplomacy
Dr. Mamoudu Birba
Senior Research Associate, Burkina Faso
Political and security analyst for the Sahel
Danouma Ismael Traoré is a freelance journalist and political scientist. He is particularly interested in African politics, Sahelian security, and issues of governance. He is working on a doctoral thesis in Political Studies at EHESS/Paris, specifically on the...
Mahamane Rabiou Aboubacar Sadikou
Research Associate , Niger
Boulaye Dembele
Program Manager
Andrea Caldera
Research Associate
Illily Ag Elmehdi
Research Associate
Bilaly DICKO
Research Associate
Steven & Cathi House
Advisers
Bonface Njeresa Beti
Research Associate
Housseyne Ag Issa
Research Associate
Christian Cito
Research Associate
Mohamed Lamine Ouattara
Research Associate